Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-20
FULLY IDENTIFIED.
TIE VOICE OF A TITgD BzTRkYs HIM
TO HIS vICTI8.
suicidas Body Fouud-A Remarkable Case
Appealed-Tho Work Of Noted
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RALEIGH, y. G., November 10. Last
week brutal outrage was pcrpetrated
one night upon Nrs Addie Sellers ot
her home at Wilmington. Yesterday
she identified the man who assaulted
her. She recognized his voice at once
ana swore positively to his identity. lie
Is a mulatto, named Stephen Freeman.
At Charlotte yesterday Charles ?.
Wheeler, dealing "a paints and oils, made
on assignment. The liabilities IRE stated
/ to be $500 Ills stock Is estimated to
b. worth 81, 800
The body OF Scipio Hill, q negro man,
who ten days ago mysteriously dlsap-
pcsred from Wilmington, was found IN
Cape Fear mvcr yesterday. lie had com
mitted suicide.
". 7. Bailey, q Gtetesville business
man convicted Of forgery, was yesterday
sentenced by Judge Waiter Clark to ten
years in tire peniteDtiary. 10 has ap-
peslod 10 tie cupreDe Court. The case
Is a very remarkable one.
Evangelist Pearssa is doing remarAa-
bic work. Ills first week ended to-day.
Tie large church in which he IS con-
Quoting union services cannot hold one
fourth OF toe crowds that thrOng to hear
him. People from nearly all the other
churches attend. II Is now said inst no
will renqin here six weeks longer. Next
week bis services at the Enst Baptist
church continue.
All the saw-niill owners in the Cape
Fear section have formed . union IN or
der - better handle lumber.
At Rockingham, on tho 9TH OF next
month, there will bc q competitive OK
animation Ter West Point csdetship, IN
accordance with the wishes OF Congress
man Rowland.
The latest advices from Baltimore,
where Congressman Rowland, OF the
Sixth district. is receiving careful meci-
cal attendance. ere that MS condition,
dangerous at FIST, has maternity I'M
proved.
4 Republican paper in this city. in IFS
issue to-day, pays Nr. William q. Up
church. president OF the State Agricul-
tral Society, o high compliment. 1t
terms him the most successful farmer OF
North Carolina, and says be ought To- be
the Democratic candidate for Governor
next yer.
Secretary-of-State Saunders is now at
Uillsboro. II is said that he is collect
irS material with a view 10 publishing
history of North Carolina. There seems
10 be quite q demand Tor another his
tory, broad in scope and Wow Colonel
Saunders possesses both ability and
knowledge, and no man Is more CONVEX
SAINT with tbe Stntss pat and present.
Arrangements arc n progress for the
establishment OF Wster-WOras 20 ray
otteyilie at an estimated cost OF $780, 900.
Definite action viii soon be taken. The
private corporation which Offers %
buld the works asksfOr Franchise and
tho payment Of 5000 annual rental by
the ;esn fer thirty bydrauts.
IA Important case was argued We'd
nos1ay at kiestoa before judge Phillips.
II was thai Of Mace a. as. rs. the Com
missioueIs and Sheriff Of Cagtoret county,
in the shape of an application for an in
junction to restrain than from collecting
taxes IN excess of tho constitutional liml-
tat,ou. ID INVOLVES the constitution
Of section ., revenue act Of 1887, which
reduced the constitutional limitation.
Tho commissioners end magistrates Of
CartAret, being uns Gle to pay the current
expenses Within he constitutional llmita-
ton, levied p tax OF 33s cents on tic 500
valuation o. property 10 excess oi toe llnit
fixed Some weeks fiAce restraining
ORDER was granted By judge Phillips, III
chambers, and at that time the regular
hearing ia the Superior Court Wss Get
for last Wednesday, Judge Phillips has
dissolved the restraining order. holding
that the commissioners are entitled To
make such q levy for legitimate purposes.
Notices Of appeal from bis ruling was
given and the matter now goes TO the
Supreme Court.
Relative to the statement made by
hon. ID. l.. Russell, OF Wilmington, that
he would not be q candidate for Gov
crpor on the Republican sickct, and that
ne believed his party had no chance OF
success IN the next campaign, my in
formant said that he had no doubt that
Judge Russell would be the party s nomi-
nee and that if nominated ho would run.
But Judge Russell told me plainly just
what he vas reported as saying.
TIE North Carolina Methodist Con-
ference is making complete preparations
for IFS meeting at Fayetteville on the
86lh instant. bhe church has made
marked progress in tie State this year.
Next Wednesday the hfty-second an-
nusl meeting Of the stockholders OF the
Wilmington and Weldon railroad Will
be held. It's the oldest railway cor
porltion in the State snd the most pres
porous. It's stockholders are fortunate
people, for they get 3 per cent. annual
dividends besfdes " bonuses" or what
ever they may be termed, in no sn al .
amount. The road is admirably mau-
aged, and It's road-bed IS SAID to be- IN
surpassed on this continent Hon r.
Z. Briagcrs, it, president, is the oldest /
railvpy preadont in this country, it is
stated, and certainly IS one Of the most |